Drupal 6 Formatting Blocks Workshop

This workshop is geared for the intermediate level Drupal 6 user and covers the following topics:

Blocks

What Blocks Are and How They Work

Relationship Between Blocks and Menus

Configuring & Enabling Default Blocks

Creating Custom Blocks

Setting Role and Page Visibilities

Relationship Between Blocks & Themes

Understanding Regions for Theme Changes

Menus

What Menus Are and How They Work

Understanding Default Menus

Creating Custom Menu Blocks

Nice Menus

What Nice Menus Is and How It Works

Nice Menus Configuration

Enabling & Configuring Nice Menus Blocks

Beyond Menus

Using Blocks For Added Functionality

Announcement Blocks

Latest Poll Block

OSU Mini-Calendar Block

This workshop is part of a progressive instructional series and utilizes or builds on content developed in previous workshops. Completion of the Drupal 6 Site Structures workshop, at a minimum, is recommended.

An OSU Drupal 6 personal training site is required. Contact CWS at x71189 for further information.